Music Cafés

Our Music Cafés are for people living with dementia family carers and to make music and have fun together, meet new friends and learn how music can help you reconnect to your loved ones.

Manchester, Gorton Monastery 
Every Wednesday morning from 17th January 2024 (except 24th April).
Arrive 10.30am for 11am start (finishes at midday)
The Great Nave, The Monastery, M12 5WF

  • For people with dementia and their carers
  • FREE to attend, with tea/coffee/biscuits
  • Meet our professional musicians
  • Make new friends
  • No musical experience required!

Wigan, Museum of Wigan Life
Every other Monday afternoon (full dates below)
Arrive 1:00pm for 1:30pm start (finishes at 3pm)
Museum of Wigan Life, WN1 1NU

15th Jan
29th Jan
12th Feb
26th Feb
11th Mar
25th Mar
8th Apr
22nd Apr
13th May
3rd June
17th June
1st July
15th July
29th July
12th Aug
9th Sep

  • For people with dementia and their carers
  • FREE to attend, with tea/coffee/biscuits
  • Meet our professional musicians
  • Make new friends
  • No musical experience required!

Listen to a BBC Radio Manchester interview about our Wigan Music Café here.


See below for all the great press our Music Café received last time around!

Guardian reporter Helen Pidd wrote on her own Twitter account that the Music Café ‘…was the most moving thing I’ve had the privilege of reporting on in quite a few years. Bravo to Manchester Camerata’. Read the full article here.

This article follows press from both ITV and BBC News. Ann O’Connor from ITV described the Café as ‘Simple, effective and often magical‘, and the BBC put a lovely segment together which you can check here!

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Click here to watch the BBC News report

Watch this short video about the last time we ran our Music Café
Click here to read our Guardian article
Our Music Café on ITV news – watch the full report here.
Listen to our Ryan Breen talk about the Music Cafe on BBC Radio Manchester
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